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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 2159 By: Dobrinski
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to motor vehicles; defining terms;
prohibiting the manufacture, import ation,
distribution, selling, or installation of certain
supplemental restraint systems; setting punishment
for violations; providing for codification ; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 12-413.1 of Title 47, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. "Airbag" means an inflatable restraint device for vehicle
occupants that is part of a supplemental restraint system in a motor
vehicle;
2. "Counterfeit supplemental restraint system component " means
a replacement supplemental restraint system component that displays
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a mark identical or substantially similar to the genu ine mark of a
motor vehicle manufacturer or supplier of parts to a motor vehic le
manufacturer without authorization from that manufacturer or
supplier;
3. "Nonfunctional airbag " means a replacement airbag that :
a. was previously deployed or damaged,
b. has an electric fault that is detected by the motor
vehicles' diagnostic systems when the installation
procedure is completed and the motor vehicle is
returned to the customer who requested the work to be
performed or when ownership is intended to be
transferred,
c. includes a part or object, including a supplemental
restraint system component, installed in a motor
vehicle to mislead the owner or operator of the motor
vehicle into believing that a functional airbag has
been installed, or
d. is prohibited in accordance with 49 U.S.C. Section
301209(j) from being sold or leased;
4. "Supplemental restraint system " means a passive motor
vehicle occupant crash protection system designed for use in
conjunction with active restraint systems , including, but not
limited to, seat belt assemblies, as described in 49 CFR 571.208.
Such term shall include:
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a. each airbag installed in accordance with the motor
vehicle manufacturer 's design, and
b. all components required to ensure that an airbag
operates as designed by the manufacturer in the event
of a crash and in accordance with the federal motor
vehicle safety standards for the specific make, model
and year of the motor vehicle.
B. No person shall knowingly or intentionally manufacture,
import, distribute, sell, offer f or sale, install, or reinstall a
device intended to replace a component of a s upplemental restraint
system if the device is:
1. A counterfeit supplemental restraint system component;
2. A nonfunctional airbag; or
3. Any object in lieu of a supplemental restraint system
component if the object was not designed in accordance with federal
safety regulations for the make, model, and year of the motor
vehicle in which such device is or will be installed.
C. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section
17-101 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-11598 JBH 01/12/25